Renewing the Seven Streets
A new approach to community
You might see this title and think “Yes, and…?” or even “Is that an instruction?” Hastings, after all, is no stranger to utter nonsense.
A new exhibition in Hastings town centre by Artists and Combe Valley, an independent artists led group, captures the stunning Combe Haven Valley both before the trees were cut down late last summer to make way for the building of the Bexhill-Hastings Link Road (BHLR) and in the aftermath, writes Sylvia Worthy.
Relegation is the threat that still haunts the Pilot Field. After United’s defeat to Leiston on Saturday (16 March) and with the lower ranked Thurrock winning against Wingate and Finchley last weekend and drawing mid-week with high-flying Concord Rangers, United is pushed into the drop zone, three points from safety, writes HOT’s Liam Willis.
Having concluded a successful Fairtrade Fortnight earlier this month, Bexhill is now looking forward to a Fairtrade fashion show on Friday.
It’s a few days after the event, but the joys of the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition are still vivid in my memory of a wonderful evening last Saturday. Hastings is not great when it comes to classical music – events are comparatively few and far between – but this was well worth the wait. A packed house at the White Rock Theatre listened spellbound to three immensely talented finalists, each accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, writes Antony Mair